Guacamole Deviled Eggs

These delicious eggs have guacamole as a healthy addition to the egg yolks. So on top of all the great fat burning benefits you get from eating the eggs and the yolk, you get the healthy fats, vitamins and minerals in the avocado as well. This high protein, low carb snack will keep your blood sugar stable.

PHAT GUACAMOLE DEVILED EGGS

These delicious eggs have guacamole as a healthy addition to the egg yolks. So on top of all the great fat burning benefits you get from eating the eggs and the yolk, you get the healthy fats, vitamins and minerals in the avocado as well.

The healthy fats and other nutrition you get from avocados help your body to maintain proper levels of hormones that help with fat loss and muscle building. The healthy fat in avocados helps control insulin levels and gives your brain a signal that you are satisfied when you eat them, so you eat less.

Avocados contain plenty of oleic acid, a monounsaturated fat that helps lower cholesterol and is helpful in preventing breast cancer and other cancers. One cup of avocado has about a quarter of your required daily amount of folate, or folic acid, a B vitamin that plays an essential role in making new cells by helping to produce
DNA and RNA.

This hunger satisfying low carb snack will keep your blood sugar stable, fill you up, replenish and fuel your body with lean, fat burning nutrition.

Check these out—they are absolutely delicious!

Ingredients

4-6 eggs, hard-boiled

1 avocado

1 clove minced garlic

¼ cup finely minced red onion

1 small roma or plum tomato, seeded and finely chopped

2-4 Tbsp chopped cilantro

Frank’s Redhot sauce or Tabasco, more or less to taste, depending on its hotness

1 tsp lemon or lime juice

Cilantro, chopped

Sea salt

Directions

Peel hard-boiled eggs and cut in half length-wise.  Gently pop out yolks into a small bowl with avocado, garlic, tomato, onion, hot sauce and lemon juice. Mash yolks and avocado mix together. Season with sea salt, and freshly ground black pepper to taste.

Refill egg whites with the yolk/guacamole mixture, sprinkle with chopped cilantro.

Serves 4.

Enjoy! Or take to the next party you go to–everyone will love this new twist on deviled eggs!

Till next time, stay healthy and lean!

 

 

Catherine (Cat) Ebeling RN BSN, is a back to basics diet and nutrition specialist. In addition to her advanced degree in nursing from a major medical school, she has spent the last 30 years intensely studying diet, health and nutrition. She also has a book titled “The Fat Burning Kitchen, Your 24 Hour Diet Transformation” that has sold over 60,000 copies worldwide, and has helped thousands of people transform their lives, lose weight and improve their health.

Her mission is to help others prevent disease and live their best life ever.

Nutrition made Easy. Simple.Smart.Nutrition.

Cat’s Crazy Energizing, Fat Burning Energy Bars

Here is my latest attempt at homemade energy bars. I don’t like the ‘store-bought’ varieties, and the “Go Raw” bars I do buy are pretty expensive, so I made my own version, and they turned out great!

Well, here is another attempt at some good homemade energy bars. I don’t generally like the ‘store-bought’ varieties–so many of them have too much sugar (in the form of rice syrup, extra fruit, corn syrup, etc.), soy protein, artificial ingredients, etc.

The bars I do like best–are pretty darn expensive, so I decided to make my own version of these.

These are full of nuts, a little bit of fruit for sweetness, a touch of salt and not baked, but dehydrated at a low oven temp overnight. This preserves the natural enzymes in the ingredients, plus helps the bars hold together with just the right amount of chewiness.

And they are gluten free, dairy free, corn free, soy free and Paleo as well.

This particular rendition actually tasted a lot like Clif bars–without the grain or other additives. If you’d like them to have some extra sweetness, I’d suggest adding those miniature chocolate chips, or whole raisins–after you are done blending them.

Give these a try, these bars are excellent fuel for a longer bike ride, run, hike, or busy day.

These ingredients are all approximate. I just added ingredients to get the right consistency.

Ingredients
1/2 cup mixed nuts ( I used all natural, roasted cashews, pistachios, and almonds)
1/2-1/3 cup pumpkin seeds
1/3 cup raisins
10 or so dates
1/3 cup natural peanut butter (I suggest Trader Joe’s Valencia and flax seed peanut butter)
2-3 scoops of cold processed vanilla protein powder
1/2 raw apple
1/3-1/2 cup natural flaked or shredded coconut
2 Tbsp or so real Maple Syrup or Honey
cinnamon
sea salt
1/4 cup or so water

Directions
In a food processor, add pumpkin seeds, nuts, raisins, and dates and mix. Add peanut butter, and other ingredients and mix until well blended. Add a small amount of water if mixture is crumbly. Mixture should end up like thick cookie dough. If you’d like chocolate chips or whole raisins, stir in after everything is mixed up.

Preheat oven to 175 degrees. Grease a cookie sheet lightly with butter, and drop cookie-sized spoonfuls on sheet. Smash down till about a half inch or less thick. Cook in oven overnight–about 8 hours. Bars should be solid when done. Cool. Enjoy!!

I will keep working on these to come up with different varieties and flavors. Let me know what you think!

Till next time, Stay Healthy and Lean!

 

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CatDSC 6815 Chicken, Tomatoes and Okra, OH MY! herine (Cat) Ebeling RN BSN, is a back to basics diet and nutrition specialist. In addition to her advanced degree in nursing from a major medical school, she has spent the last 30 years intensely studying diet, health and nutrition. She also has a book titled “The Fat Burning Kitchen, Your 24 Hour Diet Transformation” that has sold 100,000 copies worldwide, and has helped thousands of people transform their lives, lose weight and improve their health.  

Her mission is to help others prevent disease and live their best life ever.

Nutrition made Easy. Simple.Smart.Nutrition.

My Favorite Top 55 Flat Belly Foods

 

My good friend, health and fitness specialist and co-author of The Fat Burning Kitchen, Mike Geary has a great list of his (and Mine) favorite Flat Belly Foods.

I thought you’d like to check out what he says–it’s a good way to put together a healthy grocery list.

Check it out here–

Mike’s Top 55 Flat Belly Foods

 

Till next time,

Stay Healthy and Lean!

 

Catherine (Cat) Ebeling RN BSN, is a back to basics diet and nutrition specialist. In addition to her advanced degree in nursing from a major medical school, she has spent the last 30 years intensely studying diet, health and nutrition. She also has a book titled “The Fat Burning Kitchen, Your 24 Hour Diet Transformation” that has sold over 60,000 copies worldwide, and has helped thousands of people transform their lives, lose weight and improve their health.

Her mission is to help others prevent disease and live their best life ever.

Nutrition made Easy. Simple.Smart.Nutrition.

 

What about Frozen Yogurt?

 
 
 
Have you joined the newest frozen 'treat' craze?
 
I'm talking about frozen yogurt. It seems there's a new frozen yogurt place opening on every street corner lately. And, not only do they try to come across as delivering "smart and healthy" treats, some of these places try to sound even healthier with flavors like "Dr. Coconut" and "Dr. Green Tea".
 
The idea behind the marketing of all these places is that frozen yogurt is great as a "diet" food, and it is also good for your health–making you skinnier and addressing health flaws from bad eyesight to wrinkles and more.
 
It even comes as "fat-free", "sugar-free", and infused with vitamins and antioxidants as well.
 
Well, it sounds good doesn't it?
 
Health fanatics have been smugly spooning up the stuff like crazy!
 
Do you know what's really is in frozen yogurt?
 
Well, most people think it is just that. Frozen. Yogurt.  Isn't that healthy?
 
It sounds like it should be…
 
Well, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but this stuff is kinda one of those sneaky so-called 'diet' foods that actually makes you fat…
 
In fact if you look at the ingredients of this frozen concoction offered by some of the bigger chains (and most all frozen yogurt is made with the same basic ingredients), you will see that the primary ingredients are sugar of some form and milk.
 
In spite of all the health claims, frozen yogurt is basically a sugary, processed dairy dessert with some probiotics and yogurt powder thrown in to make it seem healthier.
 
Unfortunately, however, it flunks as a low calorie, fat burning dessert.
 
While specific ingredients and amounts vary from brand to brand, and from chain to chain, most frozen yogurt contains nonfat milk and dried milk, yogurt powder, sweeteners in several forms including corn syrup, maltodextrin (from corn) dextrose (from corn), fructose and more; milk solids, emulsifiers like mono and diglycerides, propylene glycol esters, guar gum and other thickeners, natural and artificial flavoring and coloring (even when the yogurt is white).
 
The tangy frozen yogurt flavor comes from the strains of lactobacillus bulgaricus and streptococcus thermophilous, though the bacteria only makes up about one percent of the ingredients. And, really, ice cream is made from the same basic ingredients as frozen yogurt; it's just that ice cream does not contain the bacteria cultures.
 
As you can see from the ingredients list, frozen yogurt is basically just lower fat ice cream with extra sugar, thickeners, and some yogurt powder with probiotics thrown in for good measure.
 
Do the probiotics somehow make it healthier?
 
Seriously, just because there are probiotics in something doesn't make it a 'health' food!
 
People who wouldn't dare eat ice cream have no qualms about eating massive amounts of frozen yogurt on a regular basis–thinking they are doing their bodies good, when in reality they are just making their blood sugar go crazy–and contributing to weight gain.
 
Yogurt compared to ice cream is basically what "low fat" snacks are to regular snacks.
 
Removing the fat and adding in more sugar does not make it healthier or a better diet food.
 
It's actually worse, since all that sugar raises your blood sugar, stimulates your insulin response, makes you store calories as fat, and makes you hungrier later.
 
The trouble with foods like frozen yogurt, which are sometimes labeled "low fat" "diet" or "healthy," is that people sometimes think they can consume large portions because they APPEAR to be less fattening, and therein lies the problem–this stuff is NOT less fattening!
 
It is very fattening and high glycemic (raises the blood sugar and causes calories to be stored as fat). Even worse, there is a "sugar free" version out there! It's usually sweetened with toxic artificial sweeteners like NutraSweet or Splenda.
 
You're not doing yourself or your body any favors with that stuff.

When an ice cream craving hits, it's probably better to satisfy it with a small amount of the REAL thing and avoid the frozen yogurt craze all together.
 
Truth is, if you are regularly eating a healthy, fat burning diet and eating healthy fat burning foods like you'll find in The Fat Burning Kitchen Program, exercising, and avoiding sugary processed foods 99% of the time, you are better off with a small serving of REAL ice cream. (Just make sure it's the all-natural kind without corn syrup, fillers and preservatives).
 
The butterfat in ice cream gives it that creamy flavor and so a smaller amount should be more satisfying than sugary, processed, low fat, frozen yogurt–probiotics or not.
 
And butterfat contains CLA (conjugated linoleic acid) which is a potent anti-cancer and fat-burning type of fat.
 
Just remember, moderation is the key.
 
Better yet, if you are really craving something smooth and creamy, but want to stick to a good fat burning diet, try this instead, and you won't even have to feel guilty a bit:
 
Coconut Cream "Ice Cream"
 
Ingredients
 
1 can unsweetened coconut cream/milk (the full fat kind) 1 tsp pure vanilla extract 2 tsp cinnamon Small amount of Stevia to taste or raw honey or maple syrup if you prefer
 
Directions
 
Puree in food processor.
 
Make in an ice cream maker according to directions, or pour into ice cube trays and freeze 4 or more hours. If making in ice cube trays, remove from freezer about 15 minutes before serving and puree again and serve.
 
This is extra good sprinkled with some nuts or toasted unsweetened shredded coconut. See more delicious fat burning recipes in the new "Fat Burning Kitchen Superfoods Recipe book " coming soon!
 
Take care and stay healthy and lean!